Publications by authors named "Flavia A Carvalho"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess how repeated cold-water immersion (CWI) affects performance and perceptions in adolescent swimmers during a training week.
- Twenty competitive swimmers participated in a randomized crossover study where they experienced three interventions: CWI, thermoneutral water immersion (placebo), and passive recovery, with a focus on swim performance, flexibility, power, and perceived well-being.
- Results showed improvements in swim performance over time for all interventions, but no significant differences in pain or tiredness among them, with a preference for CWI and thermoneutral immersion expressed by the athletes.
Introduction: Both sleep deprivation and hypoxia have been shown to impair executive function. Conversely, moderate intensity exercise is known to improve executive function. In a multi-experiment study, we tested the hypotheses that moderate intensity exercise would ameliorate any decline in executive function after i) three consecutive nights of partial sleep deprivation (PSD) (Experiment 1) and ii) the isolated and combined effects of a single night of total sleep deprivation (TSD) and acute hypoxia (Experiment 2).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to investigate the effects of repeated massage adjusted for swimmers' training on the perceptive, functional, and performance outcomes of a sprint. We also investigated the effects of a single short massage on swimmers' self-reported perceptions after resistance training. This cross-over randomized controlled trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention-to-treat analysis included 19 male and female competitive swimmers between 12 and 20 years old.
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- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cold-water immersion (CWI) in reducing muscle soreness, focusing on various factors such as immersion time, water temperature, and type of exercise.
- It included a systematic review and meta-analysis of 44 randomized controlled trials that compared CWI with control conditions, revealing CWI's superiority in reducing soreness for immediate effects across many situations.
- The findings concluded that while CWI is beneficial for muscle soreness management, its effectiveness is more pronounced with short to medium immersion times, especially after endurance exercises for immediate results.
Photobiomodulation therapy applied during an exercise-training program does not promote additional effects in trained individuals: A randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Braz J Phys Ther
April 2022
Background: Previous studies have shown positive results of photobiomodulation (PBM) for improving performance and accelerating post-exercise recovery. However, the effects of PBM in healthy individuals who underwent a neuromuscular adaptation training remain unclear.
Objective: To investigate the effects of PBM during a training program combining sprints and explosive squats exercises on clinical, functional, and systemic outcomes in trained healthy individuals compared to a placebo intervention and a control.
Background: A plain-language summary is a short and clearly stated version of a study's results using non-scientific vocabulary that provide many advantages for patients and clinicians in the process of shared decision-making.
Objectives: The primary objective was to investigate the extent to which published reports of physiotherapy interventions provide plain-language summaries. We investigate as the secondary objectives if the available plain-language summaries are at a suitable reading level for a lay person and if inclusion of plain-language summaries in these reports is increasing over time and is associated with trial quality (i.
Background: Advice is widely considered an effective treatment for acute low back pain (LBP); however, details on what and how to deliver this intervention is less clear.
Purpose: We assessed and compared clinical trials that test advice for acute LBP with practice guidelines for their completeness of reporting and concordance on the content, method of delivery, and treatment regimen of advice interventions.
Design/setting: Systematic review.
To describe the reproductive variables associated with different sickle cell disease (SCD) genotypes and the influence of contraceptive methods on acute painful episodes among the women with the homozygous hemoglobin S (HbSS) genotype. A cross-sectional study was conducted between September of 2015 and April of 2016 on 158 women afflicted with SCD admitted to a hematology center in the Northeast of Brazil. The reproduction-associated variables of different SCD genotypes were assessed using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) test to compare means, and the Kruskal-Wallis test to compare medians.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although there is some evidence for reliability and validity of self-report physical activity (PA) questionnaires in the general adult population, it is unclear whether we can assume similar measurement properties in people with chronic low back pain (LBP).
Objective: To determine the test-retest reliability of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) long-version and the Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire (BPAQ) and their criterion-related validity against data derived from accelerometers in patients with chronic LBP.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Objectives: To assess the association of physical activity measures, derived with an accelerometer and a self-reported questionnaire, with fear of movement in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain (LBP) and to investigate the association between disability and fear of movement in this population.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting: Outpatient physical therapy university clinics.